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Vocabulary
Protect Yourself
Caution!
Fraud
Punishment
100
What is stealing a persons identity for financial gain
What is identity theft
100
This card, when in the wrong hands, can be used to set up a bank account in your name
What is a Social Security card
100
What to do to unneeded documents
What is burn them
100
According to the graph, the most common type of fraud using another persons identity where large charges can be racked up
What is credit card
100
The amount of time in NC that an identity thief will spend in prison
What is 20 Months
200
Diving into a trash can for documents that can be used for identity theft
What is dumpster diving
200
This letter in the URL bar helps determine security
What is "s"
200
What you should do to emails that are from an unfamiliar source
What is delete and leave them unopened
200
According to the graph, the second most common type of fraud where people are signed up for services they did not sign up for themselves
What is phone and utilities
300
Creating a fake document with a false signature for an illegal benefit
What is forgery
300
Who to tell if your credit card has been stolen
What are credit card companies
300
Should you trust http or https web traffic
What is https
300
According to the graph, the third type of fraud where victims are signed up for bank accounts they did not authorize
What is bank fraud
400
An email scam that aims to steal personal information
What is phishing
400
Who to contact if your wallet/social security card is stolen
Who are police
400
If a strange caller asks for your personal information, what should you do
What is hang up
400
IF it looks too good to be true it probably is...
What is too good to be true
500
Attacker intercepts web traffic to gain passwords in order to impersonate the person
What is spoofing
500
Another way to tell if a website is secure is to notice if this type of lock is present in the top corner of the URL bar.
What is a padlock
500
The main goal of thieves is to get what from you
What is money
500
What scammers need to get into your bank account
What is an account number or password